Helia Ebrahimi , Economics Correspondent

t’s an ambitious target and one that the government is on course to miss. The UK is currently committed to getting 15 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, under the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive.

Now it’s meant to change our lives for the better – but will Artificial Intelligence save us or enslave us?  AI – computers that can think like humans – has enthusiastic supporters – who believe it’ll trigger an upheaval rivalling the Industrial Revolution.

Artificial Intelligence – once the stuff of science fiction, it’s now becoming a reality across our society. Healthcare is one area where doctors believe AI could transform the way patients are treated – so could it be a saviour for the cash strapped NHS?

In the last hour, America’s Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate for the second time in three months, a sign that the US economy is growing healthier.

The Institute of Fiscal Studies comes out in support of the plan to raise national insurance contributions for some self-employed workers. It said the government HAD broken its manifesto pledge, but had been foolish ever to promise not to raise the tax in the first place. Helia Ebrahimi reports.

So often with the Budget, the devil is in the details, with facts often passed over in a single sentence from the Chancellor emerging later as significant changes.

In the last Spring budget tomorrow few big shifts or radical changes are expected from the Chancellor.

For a shade under £2bn, French car makers Peugeot have snapped up General Motors’ loss-making European business, including Britain’s Vauxhall.

The Chancellor has said he’ll take a cautious approach to public spending in this week’s Budget – despite the fact that improved economic forecasts suggest he’s going to receive a multi-billion pound tax windfall.

Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley has snapped up the upmarket lingerie firm Agent Provocateur – which had been placed into administration.

Barclays profits have surged to 182 per cent higher than the year before – reaching 3.2 billion pounds in 2016. The bank says its traders cashed in on market volatility following the Brexit vote and Donald Trump’s election. But it has warned that the threat of US action over past possible misconduct there still looms…

After a succession of doom-laden headlines, the Prime Minister today said help would be available for firms hardest hit by the rise in business rates this April.

The treasury has announced a major new initiative for the ailing publicly-owned Royal Bank of Scotland. It has been struggling to sell off its branches south of the border – a key part of the conditions placed upon the rescue deal which stopped it going bust. The government’s now proposing a new £750m plan for RBS…

Food prices are rising and new figures show retail sales unexpectedly dropped last month, for the first time since the end of 2013. In the midst of these economic pressures, with Brexit uncertainty still lurking in the background, the supermarket chain Morrisons has declared a new Buy British campaign, touring the country in search of…